գայթագղիմ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From գայթ (gaytʻ) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ գիղ (gił, rolling).

Verb

գայթագղիմ (gaytʻagłim)  (aorist indicative գայթագղեցայ)

  1. (intransitive) to roll, to stumble, to fall down
  2. (figuratively) to err, to stumble, to slip

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: գայթակղել (gaytʻakġel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գայթագղիմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գայթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press